User:Sprayartistic

Confessions of an Urban Homo Sapiens

My admiration of art and love of painting started early in my childhood while observing my father at his favourite hobby – painting. I was eight years old when he offered to do some work at the school which I was attending. And so our classroom was soon decorated with paintings showing flags of many countries. I remember my classmates“ enthusiasm, and my pride, for it was my father who had done such nice work. I was attracted to those flags not only because of their strong colours. They also inspired my curiosity and woke up my desire to discover what life was like there, in each country represented by the symbol of a flag. I longed to visit those places, to travel far, meet people of different cultures, listen to and learn their languages … I grew up divided between two worlds; I left the metropolitan city in which I had been born and spent a few years living with my relatives in the countryside. The creative power inside me found its expression in poetry and dancing the breakdance. Coincidence or destiny – one day a guy I“d just met invited me to do spray painting with him. Thus I entered a magical world full of colours, in which I could enjoy the freedom of ceaseless exploration. It became clear to me that this was my technique and that it needed me, too. I was 19 years old when I started painting and travelling at the same time. Life itself has always taught me more than any school ever could. I spent years in constant movement. Along the way I have encountered people who through their encouragement and positive vibration enabled me to continue doing what I had always believed to be my true mission. In 12 years I have travelled in 17 countries, all the time dedicating myself to painting. My art to me means fulfilling my destiny. I am looking for new possibilities to open up to the world, that“s why I would like to take the opportunity to use the achievements of technology to enable more people to get acquainted wit my artistic expression which above all carries the message of celebrating life, seeking harmony, worshipping beauty and bringing peace into this mystery of creation.

Biography

Carlos Espinoza Bernal is a modern artist devoting himself to spray painting since he was a teenager. He was born in 1975 in Santiago, Chile, South America. This prodigy child learnt the art of spray painting on the street. His works mainly include canvas and paper paintings. In 13 years of doing his art he has also painted the murals of many hotels, restaurants and houses, thus leaving his „handprints“ in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia. He has also painted in Morroco. In 2005 he came to Europe, looking for a fresh challenge and new possibilities of evolution. He has demonstrated the power of spray painting in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany. Now he is living and working in Slovenia where he paints at home, in shopping centres, at fairs and anywhere where there is „some art going on“. He also does personalized paintings and house decorations. You can contact him through his web site or by phone.

'''Spray Painting: Explication of the Technique'''

This technique is a mixture of different techniques of painting. Its main feature is its free style having no foundation in any formal school of art. Spray painters are self-taught artists who seek to express their talent and creativity using paint mixed with air on any solid surface – canvas, paper, wood, glass, walls … The beginnings of spray painting are quite coincidental. It all started in the 1980s when a new invention entered the market – spray. The cradle of this technique is Latin America. First works of art done with spray were mostly abstract, but with time the technique evolved and produced paintings depicting landscapes, as well as cosmic / surrrealist / futurist motives. This technique is something special among the art forms. It is still young and evolving. Spray artists by means of their imagination and skill bring into existence amazing images showing the beauty of creation and mysterious parallel worlds. In Latin America the technique of painting with spray is called „aerosolgrafia“.

You are kindly invited to visit my web gallery. I recommend you choose a spray painting on canvas, paper, or a mural.

http://slikanjenasteno.si/